Auto Lightweight and Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic Technology Application International symposium has been successfully held on Apr. 22nd, 2014 in Shanghai, which organized by APIMC and IALTA. This Forum focus on auto lightweight development which from Europe and North America, and carbon fiber composite materials technology in auto OEMs lightweight production line research revolution, from CFRP material selection-auto body, Chassis Design-project control-CFRP development-adhesive technology and other green manufacturing path, Combined U.S. and European lightweight carbon fiber body applications Case Study, promote Chinese OEMs, CFRP production line to search for the best lightweight technlogy application and cooperative solution.

During the meeting, it also held IALTA Auto Lightweight CFRP Key Technology Development Project Launching Ceremony, and quite a lot of key guests joined in this ceremony, like as: Jean-Claude STEINMETZ, APIMC Chairman/IALTA Executive Director; and Du Cao, IALTA Chairman; Shan-qiang Ying; Head of Material department of FAW; Dr. Jeffrey Lou, Global Vice President Characteristic Material of BASF China; Hong Fang, General Manager Asia pacific of CYTEC; Jian-wei Chen, Deputy General Manager of GAC Group; Prof. Mu-huo Yu, Donghua University/IALTA Vice President; Dr. Martin Oconnor, General Manager of Zoltek. Meantime, on Apr. 23rd, 2014, APIMC/IALTA also recruited some part of our delegates to visit CHINAPLAS2014, and arranged the special treatment at SOLVAY and Evonik booth who are our key member units.

In face of the global environment and energy constraints, promote the realization of automotive lightweight technology has become an inevitable trend in the development of the world's automotive industry. Meanwhile, with the gradual implementation of Chinese commercial vehicle IV emission standards, explore low-cost and high production lightweight of green automotive in China has also became unprecedented urgency. Auto lightweight and green manufacturing are the key technology of auto lightweight development breakthrough; Automotive OEM is accelerating the development and application of advanced materials to reduce vehicle weight components, and also it consolidated the the close cooperation for OEM, auto parts and R&D unit; Auto carbon fiber composites is by virtue of its light weight, high strength, corrosion resistance, design flexibility, ease molding, while significantly reducing vibration and noise and other advantages, which become the important development direction of auto lightweight in the future, with the growth of Chinese auto industry and breakthrough of CFRP application and low cost, large-scale development of key technologies, CFRP lightweight application in the “Metal replacement” of Chinese automotive structural parts will have broad market development prospects.

The growth of Chinese automotive industry and policy of national strategic emerging industry, and the breakthrough of carbon

fiber composites application technology, the application of carbon fiber composites in automotive structure field will have widely

composite research and key technology, industrial chain matching and expend a widely communication, Du Cao who is IALTA

Chairman and Davy Chen who is secretary general of IALTA preside over the round table meeting, meantime, some of our

IALTA members also joined in it, such as Yu-fei Zhou who from FAW, Jian-wei Chen who from GAC, Mu-huo Yu, from Donghua University, Qiang Liu who from Geely, Zhou Fang who from Chery, Zhongbin Huang who from SGMW,

Haichun Yang from Heibei SHUNTIAN Group, Huichen Zhao who from Bureau of Commerce Laishui, JIanren Xi who from Shandong